Da Lat, a young city located on highland of Lam Dong (Lâm Đồng) Province, Vietnam. It has become a common place for Vietnamese people and international visitors. Da Lat was formed in 1983 when Dr. Alexandre Yersin set foots on Lam Vien plateau and thanks to that, he had a very convincing idea when Paul Doumer, the governor general of French Indochina, looked for a high location to create a resort. Since then, Da Lat city was gradually formed and also had its ups and downs.

The city is located 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level on the Langbian Plateau in the southern parts of the Central Highlands region. In Vietnam, Da Lat is a popular tourist destination.

Da Lat's specific sights are pine wood (forming the name: "City of thousands of pine trees") with twisting roads and tree marigold (Vietnamese: dã quỳ) blossom in the winter. The city’s temperate weather stands in contrast to Vietnam's otherwise tropical climate. Mist covering the valleys almost year-round leads to its name "City of Eternal Spring.

Da Lat is also known as an area for scientific research in the fields of biotechnology and nuclear physics. With its year-round cool weather, Da Lat supplies temperate agriculture products for all over Vietnam, for example: cabbage and cauliflower. Its flower industry produces two typical flowers: hydrangea (Vietnamese: cẩm tú cầu) and golden everlasting (Vietnamese: hoa bất tử). The confectionery industry offers a wide range of mứt, a kind of fruit preserve that closely resembles varenye, made from strawberry, mulberry, sweet potato, and/or rose.

A few notes for travelling to Dalat - Lamdong

Dalat – Lamdong has been considered as one of the safe destinations for tourists. However, in order to have an impressive tour, you need some following notes:

• • • Remember to bring identity card.

    • Bring things which are accordance with the climate and theme of the tour.

    • Do not buy souvernirs or specialties from the peddlers.

    • Change money at the official currency exchange.

    • Get the hotel card to contac if necessary.

    • Be careful when crossing the street.

    • Do not self-sightseeing the dangerous areas which have been warned.

    • Comply with the regulation on environmental protection, regulation on dresing of the tourist attractions.

    • When joining the adventour such as crossing the waterfall, ziplines, climbing mountain,v.v… your should comply with the safety requirements of the guides.

    • Free entrance tickets for special handicaps.

    • - 50% off tickets for: people living in special difficult communes (the remote regions), people who contributed to the revolution, relatives or martyrs, handicaps, lonely elderly, elderly over 60, people taken care by social protection centers, students of ethnic boarding schools.